2022_02_15 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Note: Commissioner George Donev does not have a camera, but it is okay since there is a quorum. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: January 18, 2022 Action: K. Umeda motioned to approve the January 18, 2022 minutes. Seconded by C. Okumura. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote. 3. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: Chair Abraham Antonio, welcomes anyone that may want to say something regarding an agenda item may do so anytime throughout the meeting. Richard Hoeflinger send in a statement as follows, I traveled south to Ka’u last Sunday to check out the turkey situation. In the past, turkeys and peacocks have been plentiful from Kapapala Ranch to the orchards south of Pāhala. Not so anymore. I didn’t see or hear a single bird or either species either along the roadway, nor the orchards I visited. It was a dead zone. Other than doves, the only game birdsI saw or heard were a pair of Kalij pheasants. Not a single peacock call! Weird. I did not spot a single bird of the two species while I hunted Kapapala Ranch during the preceding upland game bird season either, although it was reported that 10 turkeys were taken over the 3-month hunting period. They may have been from the bunch that were trapped in West Hawai’i and released on the Ranch. Speculation is the birds were affected by the gas emissions from the volcano. Don’t know of any scientific evidence that supports that theory one way or the other. What I do know is the birds have disappeared. Bummer. And that was from fellow hunter Richard Hoeflinger. The next one is from Jon Sabati – a fellow hunter from Kona side. Aloha, First I would like to thank DOFAW for setting up the online purchases for tags. It makes it much easier for the hunters and especially for me since I 2